15 Weird Tips for Hollow Knight Noobs 

This game is pain

Is there any way to know where to go? I just find myself getting bored after being lost and revisiting the same area over and over and over.

@@Justice1711 i haven't finished it yet, but i really think if you can't find the next place to go, just look it up, some may say that it ruins the experience, and that is partially true but, meh, it is better to not have a complete experience than to not have an experience overall, but try to look over and over for new things, because it is important that you find things by yourself

I love this game.

So true !

We believe silksong won't come out till at least next century, he can still be right.

😂

Lol

Yeaaaaaaaa

- Rusty, 2 YEARS ago

For me I'm more like "dammit cornifer where you hiding this time" THEN I panic over benches

oh big mood fog caverns really confused me because the room cornifer is in is completely blocked off for a long time lol

Or this room is big. Please don't be a boss

@@sunnerssnag Me: "Oh, I can hear him humming, he must be in this room- wait what's that black force thing?" *proceeds to walk up to it and try to pass it only to get hit into the lake and die* "Guess I'm not going that way then"

Oh yeah it’s bench time

Thanks

Thanks bud.

Poor man's dreamgate, very useful

Fuck, I wish I saw this earlier 😂🤣

Yooo thank you

I can't lie I would say I have played a lot of games on mobile but some computer games are difficult on another level and Hollow Knight is one of them. I still haven't beaten the game yet but I'm just slowly taking my time and clearing small parts of it at a time and it's relieving that people advise you to take your time

You are tired. Sit and rest.

*music box plays*

Lil spider bois , ready to move in

@@Earmitethemself Yeah like someone ever talks to those before sitting on it cause HELL YEAH FINALLY A GOD DAMN BENCH!

We are friends. Sit and rest.

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I beat the other two dreamers before I even knew there were nail upgrades but I just couldn't get past the watcher knights. Then I discovered the nailsmith and maxed my nail and when I tried again, I blew right through them. So yes, upgrade your nail!

I think I went in to that with the pure nail. Still a pain though, but it definitely helped.

Watcher Knights, are really hard for first time but when i was doing steal soul i beat them hitless

i just closed my game cus i got monarch wings and went and did this

@@debpet6345 having descending dark is really helpful too. I think I was doing watcher knights on a run & had got caught a few times then got cornered between 2 & panic spammed d.dark & killed them with 1 hp left 😂

PREACH

I barely even used spells

cuz spells actually have an immediate impact, so at least u know you're doing sth worthwhile. Getting killed while healing makes u feel completely useless

@@definitelynotdoge7278 I felt that moment of sadness far too often to be healthy. I ended up just doing a nail only run without even knowing it

@@StarrySkys and that's how i kill most of the hard bosses that everyone keeps talking about over and over. I still remember the very first time I killed the Mantis Lord took me only 5 tries, but not because I was able to figure out all the correct timings, but it was because i was spamming vengeful spirit whenever my nail can't reach, and descending dark whenever it charges at me. Needless to say i was left w/ a single mask when i killed it, and it was after i have gotten at least 3 additional health upgrades.

Haven’t watched the video but I’m surprised this wasn’t a tip for new players.. given that you had to say it here

i dunno, i recently talked to him and he was talking about visiting a graveyard and then seeing a pair of eyes... how is that supposed to help me hahaha

@@theartgoose im sure there is a ghost in the graveyard in dirtmouth

@@theartgoose if you have the dream nail, head over to the graveyard

FooeyMcgooey ye there was this lonely dream warrior and i accidentally killed him ups

Any tips specifically for hornet? I keep landing on top of her when I land causing me to take stupid damage

​@@CheeseBoat25I just kept dodging until there was an opening and attacked. I just beat her though and I probably got lucky she didn't spam the AOE attack.

hahhaahahaahahahaha SUFER, SUFER!

Got most achievements and have 112% didn’t know either EDIT: have about 150 hours

Same I have over 250 hours now, 112% and all trophies and I didn't know either XD

It makes sense, when you think about it. Also you can reflect the crystal shots of the flyers to one-shot ‘em.

250 hours, 3 playthroughs, watched about 10 full playthroughs from different people on youtube. This is the first time I see this dialogue 1:28

Okay this, this one is actually extremely good

Yes! Definitely!

Especially that one area in resting grounds

@@lilxinky1600 what? what secret area. ive been to resting ground slaying with a light nail (dunno if some people still dont have it) but thats it. tell me pls where.

Absolutely. When I realized that this game is meant for headphones it really opened up

And a couple of days ago it just got delayed… A G A I N

@@person_on_the_internet_ 🗿

It’s 3 years later 😭

@@person_on_the_internet_and again

this aged very very well

Wait until you want to make your fragile charms unbreakable.

I farmed geo in the early game because I thought that I needed the lantern to proceed. I didn't need, but was a good decision.

@@luiz_carlos Same, I killed a lot of moss knights to get that lantern. Do you not actually NEED it? Would have been a pain to see without it, guess it's like Flash from Pokémon

I just bought it. I just happened to earn 1900 coins while exploring certain areas. I haven't beaten yet the boss that shoots lasers and the vampire-like boss that is surrounded with 4 globes.

@@somemong989 I didn't need the lantern at the very early game, but then it showed to be very useful. I also used the moss knights technique to farm geo.

Yea but at least it wasnt as bad as we thought it would be.

"Oh god finally a bench to sit on. I can update my map and get a checkpoint!" "..." "..." "Why am I stuck?"

@@AnakinFury help me step knight I am stuck...

it was midnight, i was tired and i wanted to end my gameplay-session, so i sat on a bench and...

@@yoshi8501 oof, but at least the Beast's Den section isn't that long

Get the dream nail and gate as soon as possible.

That, and the tram pass

d e e p n e s t

Jump onto the road to talk to the stag, too! He won't get mad! He's very nice.

Corbin Edge stag stations are crazy helpful

Was going to comment on that

You can beat the regular ending no problem without unbreakable strength, but if you want to beat radiance it’s super helpful.

@@pigeon3784 not my play style, using the nail is more fun

Yeah I feel like every single youtuber/game guide has misled me on that. Literally EVERY single one of them says, "Oh, don't worry about geo later in the game, because it's easy to get everything--" no, it's really not.

@@Icerope-km9lu Once you get access to sell your artifacts, you'll gain a TON of geo. I just recently got to that point and gained something like 8000 geo and just went and bought pretty much everything that I hadn't already bought. I need to buy unbreakable strength and fix one of the other ones, but I still have like 4000 geo lol

One yr later still lmao

I mean, when ya think about it that way, it actually makes sense-- : 0 Although usually the second syllable is shorter, so my first thought was Jiji from Kiki's Delivery Service, but that works sjsvjshj--

@@Fuwaketsuu Fellow Indonesian or non native?

I'm a fellow Indonesian, although I'm really accustomed to speaking in English-- ; v ;

@@Fuwaketsuu Damn that's relatable. I go to a Indonesian school that forces us to speak English lmao

I love this thread very much. Thank you, guys!

Yes, I can vouch for that. In my first playthrough, I wasted so much time by looking at incomplete parts of my map, thinking, "Oh, I forgot to go that way; I should explore that," and getting there only to find that I hadn't explored it because I didn't have the right abilities yet. It really does save headaches when you just mark those places instead. Even more importantly, it is a TERRIBLE time trying to remember things like, "Wait, where was that room that had that treasure I couldn't reach? I remember acid water... and some kind of stone wall... what area was that even in?" (Acid water and stone walls describes about half of the game areas.) I would also add, use pins for important locations that the map doesn't identify. For example, the grave where the Grey Mourner wants you to take a flower isn't marked... and you REALLY don't want to go wandering around with that flower any longer than you need to, trying to remember the exact location.

lmaooo omg that's actually the best idea, and I'm fcking dumb; here am I walking around all the areas to find the secrets spots I know I discovered once but don't know where they are anymore

Oohh, ty for the tip :3 I always forgot where i was (even when i got map i still forgot where i was) so, this tip is very useful for me :D

How am I JUST now learning that you can mark shit on your map? I bought those markers thinking they were charms!

I didnt need to, I just would pull up the map and look for branches/passages that weren't shown yet but were open. Thats where i needed to go.

THIS! Patience, watching bosses and learning their telegraphs is by far the best way to success. The only way, really.

I'm currently attempting Hornet's second boss fight and my main issue is panic jumping. I have issues, only with bosses, where I jump reflexively until I learn the patterns and it's something I really need to stop doing. But thanks for the tip anyways :3

This is actually really helpful! I went into hollow knight completely blind and didn't know anybody else whose played so I got discouraged. Deff going to give it another try

I had this breakdown three weeks ago when I gave up completely on the game because I was SO BAD that I just thought this game was too much for me. This week I've continued it and I'm so happy because I have advanced a lot in it. I think that boss fights depend on luck (kinda) because one day I'm super concentrated, keep dying and get exhausted and other day I come and beat the boss in the first try. Now I'm in the spider boss and I've kinda learn how to love boss fights :)))

A similar tip I wanted to add: watching is better than punching. Even if the Boss has 5 different attacks and you can only attack them during that one. You wait. You wait, until you can finally attack, don't try to rush to deal dmg. Chances to heal during a fight are often risky and sparse.

I lost my first 400 geo because I wasn´t careful... because I didn´t know this. It hurt so bad :'(

Florencia Mastrandrea I was about to mention that 400 geo is pocket change, then I remembered that beginning game it really is a lot

@@jaxryz_380 Yeah in early game my first play-through I was saving for a Lumifly Lantern and had 1,200 geo... and lost it all. Didn't even realize that was a possibility. Devastating.

@@absf15 Oof. I am tearing up reading that. Been there done that.

I lost 10000 geo from this. (It was for converting fragile charms into unbreakable). BIG oof for me

Then just don’t panic heal, use descending dark instead

sometimes my finger slips and i use spells

@@Boon_LightBurn that’s not a good tip. If you gotta heal you gotta heal hehehe

Why dont ya wait untill the screen ya know, flashes white for a tiny bit, or when the mask appears there?

@@Jonrocks7 panic

Thanks in advance, i'll try this later, I'm off after losing to failed champion (dream false night) more than 20 times in a row lmao

@@gabtrg314 False knight can be tricky, but he also has a trick to him: he actually only has 1 phase. Let me explain: First, equip the Spell-boosting damage charm, I think it’s called something like Shaman Soul. With this equipped, you only need to get him staggered once. Then, dream nail him ONCE, and then pogo on the top of his body. This will reset his timer to stand up on his own. You can also get away with healing ONCE, and then pogo on top of his body (important: NOT his head. Deal enough damage and he’ll stand back up, we don’t want that). Repeat until you’re at full soul and masks. Then hit him so he stands back up. If you’re good, you can Wraith scream him as he jumps to the center, either do that or just immediately run to one end of the arena and spam Shade Souls. With the boosted spell damage, you should be able to deal enough damage to restagger him. Repeat the dream nail-pogo loop until full soul again and repeat. I’ve got it down to a science at this point, although I’m in the post game, but you can def get the handle of it. I believe in you!

@@mattfenner7824 thanks, also i think my problem is i tried beating failed champion, while underleveled, when i forced myself to beat him, i only had the cloak, the mantis claw, and the crystal heart, i didn't have double jump (or the monarch wings), and also for the longest time, i didn't know that desolate dive was an attacking move XD, also only had the 1st nail upgrade, So even though i got his abilities down, i was still underskilled considering this is my first playthrough, either way i appreciate the advice, and I'll try learning more on it, while also trying to have fun since it's my first time playing it, have a good day mate

Me with no patience in absolute and took like 4 hours to beat hornet's second phase and now I absolutely hate em, dodging my ass man that shit is impossible to do with like 145645342456 spikes in your screen :l

@@psychxsuu quick tip: you can fireball the spikes :]

Deepnest: Its fine were all friends here. §it RəSt Your HəAd

Me: standing next to the bench with a defender's crest

i thought he was a npc until i tired to sit. i learned quick he was NOT

tbh he isnt too bad

@@KompadoodleLEL yeah, i mean, the first time he bodied me too hard.

My version of HK game combat: - Dodge. Seriously, just dodge. Heal when the battle's over. - Cast Descending Dark. Just Descending Dark. Those I-frames really help. - Pogo on everyone who doesn't counter back or jump.

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There are breaches long enough to heal on several major bosses. Soul Tyrant has a huge one enough to heal more than 4 points. Killed him in 4 tries under-equipped once the patterns were obvious.

Spells make me lose. I don't use em ever. The best advice for combat is remain calm and move slow. Being fast almost always gets you hit and panic gets you hit a lot. Just stay steady and swing the nail and there's no boss you can't fight

Remember, when in doubt, descending dark

I agree. This comment is really good!

It’s a challenging game for sure, but if you’ve got experience with the Souls genre, it’s far less frustrating. You’ve already been programmed to learn move sets, tells, openings, and so forth. This makes boss fights more manageable. As for platforming, there are some brutal areas for sure. A weapon arts one comes to mind. Kinda felt like the platforming was a mini boss of sorts since the music changes. Haven’t gotten to “THE platforming hell section,” yet, but I know it exists. But anyways, it’s about precision and timing. My point being, keep at it. The great thing about games like this, Ori, pick a Souls game, is that absolutely everyone can beat it. I mean it. The whole “git gud” meme did get toxic, but it’s also true. You’ve got to figure it out for yourself. Mantis Lords are a fun battle, but once you figure it out you realize how telegraphed it really is. Same thing with.....Pontiff in DS 3 or Lynels in BOTW. The Ginso Tree in Ori is brutal, but once you figure it out you get to go for a nice swim. So, in closing, it’s okay to take a break. Chances are you’ve made progress, even though you keep dying. Maybe you made it to phase two and couldn’t get back to it this time. Maybe you finally made over the first set of spikes, but kept dying. The point being, you did make progress. Relax, take a few hours, maybe a couple of days, and start fresh. Games like this are meant to test your resolve. Why let developers win when they designed it for you to win?

Thank you so much! I just started and I am really bad. I am really really bad. Even more than other who didn’t play long. These kind of comments give me hope, bc I think that the game is beautiful and extremely interesting and I don’t wanna give up...

Johanna // Glad that I could help! Don’t give up, the game is hard, but it’s such a amazing game! Goodluck! :)

I died at least 8 times at the first hornet fight

And the bench

the sign in the crossroads with the spikes facing up and down actually point in the direction of the two first bosses

Omg, yes. When i went to fight Hornet I passed by the Stag sign so many times without paying attention, I had to make this whole path every time from the nearest not-that-near-bench to the fight. I sure felt stupid when I found the Stag

I constantly broke them for the hell of it after seeing them and assuming something important is up there

@@gabrielsilveira8246 *Especially* the bench!

Huh this got hearted, even with so many similar comments above it. Cool.

@@mica_55 hey man, the algorithm is a mystery to us all

>commented 3 months ago 😭

It's been a year

*Posted 1 year ago* Silksong: Coming soon

I don't know what this means since i just started going into deepnest, and now i will be scared a bit by the benches there

Oh dude, it could have been worse. There's an image online of what is presumably a cut boss in that area; a giant, red-eyed spider that slowly appears from the darkness in the background. Some fans theorized that, based on the location it would have appeared in, those creepy dudes that approach you on the bench were originally going to be puppets on that thing's legs, and that you would then fall through the floor into its arena to fight it. It's kind of funny to imagine that monstrous beast putting on a fake voice to trick you like some puppeteer, though.

@@Daniel_Lancelin I mean, it’s already funny imagining a giant demon spider wearing tiny puppets on its legs to troll people.

@@evagarcia865 True. I guess it's just the idea of this thing being intelligent enough to mimic the bugs of Hallownest that freaks me out.

i feel ya, i accidentally fell into deep nest just after i got the desolet dive, i was on 1 hp and just barely escaped! i couldn't heal from the dirtcarvers ii think they are called. i could not heal!

pretty much

me when i fell into ancient basin early D:

ik this is old but i got to a boss with 2 masks looking for a bench or the map guy. Time to cry

@@Sruf. which boss? Just curious

The whole damn game feels like that to me. Gawd

Lmao

YES TRUE

God I needed this tip when I first started-

tbh i am terrifyed of deepnest as i just beat the boss to get there but everyone says deepnest sucks and i currently wana shit myself before i enter

I got lost in deepnest, found my way out into the fungal wastes and IMMEDIATELY fell back down through the floor that breaks and proceeds to get lost AGAIN I still get PTSD when I hear the music

well said.

well said.

In the words of hornet 'gid good'

Yeah I realized that I should "git gud" if I want to 112% the game which I've done But for the life of me I still can't beat pantheon 5 mainly because of Markoth

@@mohammadazad8350 I get you, Markoth is difficult. Heck I can't even get passt Pantheon 3. I think I made it one time, but the combination of god tamer and grim gets me most of the time and I can't get the hang on grey prince Zote and Uumuu is just annoying and slys last phase is just too fast for my taste.

Me

Meeeeee~!

Here

Silksong seriously can't come soon enough

Everyone, I think

One thing I do from most 2D games (like this one) and most people don't and REALLY helps. Don't watch your knight. Watch the enemy. You gotta be aware of your space to maneuver, but lock eyes on the target. NEVER leave the enemy out of your sight, neither it's projectiles. My friend faced Hornet and he had his *ss handed to him 7 times in a row. I told him: "Ignore what you CAN do and watch where she is. Pay attention only to her and react accordingly." He beaten her right after no problem.

How did you lose such amount of geo lmao

@@hilvystewy7298 He ain't the only one :'D

@@hilvystewy7298 jeeez 12,000 today I lost 900 coz I started the game, I was pissed now imagine 12,000 😶😶😶

Ehhhh at that point if you’re holding onto 12,000 geo you better be at end game and have bought out all the stores already. Otherwise it’s on you. But I think the most I’ve lost is maybe a couple hundred? But mostly because it was a situation where I didn’t care just cause I already bought everything I needed at the moment.

I almost lost 7 thousands of geo, because my shade spawned near of a annoying foe (the same that killed me in the first time). I hit my soul in the last moment.

I googled where Millibelle was (after she robbed me of my precious geo) and was not disappointed. I cherished that geo until I lost it 30 minutes later.

Thank you for this!

TRUE. In my first playthrough I literally had to google where is the False knight since I somehow missed transition leading to them and didnt want to farm 1800 geo for lantern lol

I had to Google what to do with purple mushrooms in Fungal Wastes cause I didn't know I could jump on them lmao

In my first playthrough I tried going through blind, but realized I just was not enjoying myself that much struggling to find things. The map is HUGE and knowing where to go was difficult for me since it takes me a while to learn maps. I ended up googling where a lot of things were, where to go, etc. And I still had a phenomenal time with the game, and it still became one of my all time favourites. People told me I basically spat in the face of Team Cherry for not enjoying a specific part of the game, but enjoying the hell out of literally everything else. That's normal. That's called having opinions. Nobody likes every part of any game. And its your experience, not anyone else's. You bought the game. So enjoy it how you want. You just have to choose whether to deal with it, or look online to make it easier for yourself.

Learned that one the hard way, against Hornet and the Soul Master.

*Nightmare King Grimm has entered the chat*

@@Mike_Dubo The first Hornet fight was easy for me. I am Noob in metroidvania games, and I I had died a lot of times against the first boss. But when I finally arrive to the second zone and play vs Hornet, it took me just 3 tries. Soulmaster was my third boss, and took me 9 times. But the problem was, I only died 5 times in the first phase, and 1 time in the second phase because it took me by surprise. But the other 3 times that I died, were on the road to arrive to the boss. This get me frustrated. Ecah time you died, you had to go through a long way to arrive. And the wizards enemies were really annoying. I lost 1000 geos through the way. With Soulmaster you can heal yourself in a specific moment, and with Hornet too. The problem is when you are in panic and you try to heal yourself in a wrong time. But there weren't the most difficult. As I said, you could heal. Maybe the next bosses are faster

Learned that the hard way *stares at Traitor Lord*

@3 0 5 I just healed during the boomerang attack

I thought that the broken soul gauge would get worse and worse with every death until It breaks completely and get a game over for dying too much.

Yeah I thought that too. I thought you'd have to fix it using geo or something

The hundreds of geo I lost then...

Yeah learned this one the hard way, good tip

But that is what makes it fun Going unprepared

There's ONE area that actually warns you about that, and you have to find it later on.

This exactly this

In my case i just were paranoic enough to save soul bar exclusively for healing.

@@Soundwave1900 You get a lot calmer once you put 50 hours into the game. Then you can strategize how you want to use your soul bar.

Generally having more health makes it a lot more calming... There's that point where you don't really care about like 3 damage on your way to a bench and you'd rather use that soul for some spells to speed up progress

:D

Yo okay this is actually amazing! And it's pretty good against Hornet! I've tried

Oh damn!

I wondered why other player's cyclones seemed to last longer when I saw them play! Is that actually ever said in-game and I just missed it? Great tip!

It's the most effective MILF slayer.

@@peikkeinanen5064 shout out to mossbag

I really never had a lot of trouble with them once I realized you just had to be patient. I’m surprised how little I see let’s players actually just CHILL when they see a new enemy. Just stay away and observe how the enemy attacks. Would save them a lot of trouble haha

@@fluffy7358 I just heal up to full and then spam attack while tanking hits... :P If you touch it instead of letting it hit you, you'll only take 1 damage instead of 2

Great slash man. It breaks the guard AND damages the enemy. Immediately dash away from them and you won't get hit, they become soul once you start doing this

Git gud!

@@pluto3194 and you can dash through them with the shade cloak as an additional means of attacking them, either from behind while they're swinging or with the charm that turns the dash into an attack.

that's a good one. thank you

This was really useful. Thanks for this.

So i can steal my shade Ok thanks

I just lure it toward me without triggering the battle & then bounce once I'm whole again lol

Yeah, you definitely need to learn to pogo jump correctly, most bosses go down really fast if you keep jumping on their head, like Grimm or God Tamer

@@maplebiscuit5005 I haven't even finished the game yet,I just like rusty. I learned the importance of pogo fighting in the hornet fight where I avoided her and her nail half the time if instead of waiting to leap above it I went foward and pogod on her a few times

@@kabukiblooki ngl I actually got punished for spamming pogo against Hornet due to a certain area of effect attack she does.

Good

its august now and no signs so yeah

Aw goddammit

It's September 16 now

Ah yes can confirm

Welcome to October 2020, where your disappointments amplify further!

With ismas tear you can swim in the acid.

Hmmmm actually there is an upgrade in Royal Waterways that enables you to swim in acid 🧚🏻‍♂️

@@gabriellucena1128 I know now lol I think when i wrote that I hadn't finished the game yet

But it should also be importat to mention is while you are in the water you can´t attack and therefore are a bit more prone to get damage if you dont get out quickly.

I completely agree! Once I was about 1/2 way through this game, I began to call it that- a masterpiece. It is artistically/visually stunning, the music is perfect, the story is a grand tragedy and an existential commentary, and the gameplay is just next level. I have been a gamer since 1988. Hollow Knight is in my top 5 games of all time.

I quite agree with you, it was the beauty of the game that got me into playing it, even tho it's incredibly hard for me. May I offer you a suggestion? If you love embracing a masterpiece as you play it, you will love Ori and the Blind Forest, and his sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisp! Ori graphisms are just as beautiful as Hollow Knight, and the soundrack is too of incredible quality! The story, while waaay more simple than Hollow Knight, is well made and touching. The gameplay, while way less difficult than Hollow Knight, will give you a sense of freedom very fun to play with. I wish you a beautiful day, stranger on the internet, and may your journey in theses wonderful worlds be full of the same love and passion that animed both of us while writing this, as well of the devs of thoses masterpieces!

A very true and beautiful comment bro

So true

Same here! My first Switch game and until now, The only one.

I use this in pantheon of hallownest health binding a lot on many bosses but especially on vengeful kings

I always under or overestimate the nail’s reach. Took a lot of practice, but I beat the White Palace if that means anything.

Vicar Manus It takes a while to get used to, especially if you change it with badges. Same with the no knock back badge, I just couldn’t get used to it.

@@FGTRTD24 This is why I crutch on Longnail/Quickslash. More forgiving timing is helpful if you're bad like me

I pogo all the time. I love it. It took me forever to learn it tho.

2023 & Mossbag is still here... Team Cherry rejected the offer & kept you waiting even longer out of spite lol

your shade's health, however, is also directly proportional to your nail strength

And if you use the charm that transform all your health masks into blue masks, you can kill it with one hit. (The blue masks don’t count to it’s health)

You can dream nail your shade for instant kill it

It took me one second after actually dying and finding the shade that the lil fucker attacks you lol

@@akundaruratkalalupa9710 If you get voidheart it'll be passive, which is kinda nice. I wished it still followed me around though.

You do realize that some games in the past have taken decades? Also, I think I would prefer being bored for a few extra months than such a hype game being underdeveloped and not good

@@tiagomendez658 All he was pointing out was that rusty's theory was wrong...

@@5thgengameplay501 people were predicting it to be released on June 2020 but I guess Covid affected the development (?)

Still nothing after 8 months

@Hello darkness My old friend I'm afraid anything set in the Hollow Knight world is incredibly hard to de-bug.

I died to mantis lords 50 times

It took me about 2 hours to beat hornet the first time.. only took 2 tries the on my second play through though :P

Lmao it took me a week to beat the mantis lords with my default nail, yet I can proudly say I’ve killed herrah soon afterwards

I died to Watcher Knights 87 times

I practice on nkg for 150 times and still i couldnt beat it but damn it made all the other bosses easier when i face them i did kingdoms edge hornet 4 times after practicing with nkg

laughs in god home side quest

oof

Out of the 40-45-ish, charms, I still can't find a good setup for NKG, I just run in with 15 Lifeblood masks and hope my attempts at memorizing his patterns works

@SCP-096 laughs in soul catcher, steady body and unbreakable strength

Some bosses are just too fast/spammy. Of course the best time to use it on bosses is when they're staggered, but with bosses like false knight (and i think failed champion) you can only deal damage while they're staggered.

@@lordnul1708 yeah so? You still have plenty of time to dream nail them at least twice

sven weiland but then you don’t do any damage lol

@@scratch9349 once you kill him in the pantheon you can dreamnail the body twice before going to the next boss

LordNul1 dream nail him while his head is stuck out, then bounce on his back, not his head, every time you hit him it resets his timer to get back up, and then repeat until soul is full, hit the head a few times, then you have a full would gauge for the next phase

yeah, specially pantheons in godhome, i fuck up easy fights because of god forsaken double jump jank

I actually time my use of the double jump to help position myself better. For example, sometimes a quick double tap can move you horizontally without moving you vertically very much. It’s all situational.

For me it’s the opposite. It’s so much easier to do the double tap since you can save yourself whereas before you couldn’t

This is so true. I started using it all the time, even for small jumps, and half the time I'd miss the platform because of it.

For anyone who has monarch wings but hasn't beaten soul master - this helps a lot being able to double jump (yes it's absolutely doable to skip soul master & come back with some upgrades if you're having a tough time!)

Yeah lol

Elder hu: haha rng drums go brrrrrrrrrrrrr But he's not that rough

Markoth:Im just gonna ignore that

Great point. I don't even try to hit a boss I'm facing for the first time. I just try to figure out what they're gonna do and adapt.

this is really good advice. thank you!! c:

@@blutwirbel3180 happens to be my favorite boss, but still can't find him

Yeah I second this advice. Don't be a hero. If you're on a boss to learn their patterns, and you see that it's kicking your ass, don't be a hero and lose your shade to them. Just menu quit out to the nearest bench and try again. This saves you a lot of trouble finding your shade again, especially if the shade is in a hard to reach area or in the area inside a boss room.

@@l.n.3372 i mean may as well just reload saves

I wish I'd thought of this before I lost about 10k Geo trying to get through a really difficult platforming part

Finally someone said it. “Combat logging” gets a bad rep in other games but for a purely single player game where losing a shade can really hurt you, just do it

I understand people use this and it genuinely helps them, but I personally have to say, the shade is only a minute at away most and easy to kill. Save and exit is awkward and throws the flow of the game off. Although one exception is when getting shade traps you in boss arena.